VN: Health and Disease Outcomes (2023)
Author and Year:
Quek J, Lim G, Lim W, et al. 2021
PubMed ID:
Article Title:
The Association of Plant-Based Diet With Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Prospect Cohort Studies.
Authors:
Quek J, Lim G, Lim W, Ng C, So W, Toh J, Pan X, Chin Y, Muthiah M, Chan S, Foo R, Yip J, Neelakantan N, Chong M, Loh P, Chew N
Journal:
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Year of publication:
2021
Volume:
8
Issue:
Page numbers:
756810
Study Design:
Meta-analysis or Systematic Review
Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:
Critically low
Inclusion Criteria:
Only original articles in the English language prospective cohort studies involving vegan or vegetarian participants or studies that assessed the plant-based diet of the subjects using various PDIs such as healthful PDI (hPDI) and unhealthful PDI (uPDI) with reported outcomes on cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular disease, or stroke events
Exclusion Criteria:
Conference abstracts, reviews, commentaries, and editorials; (1) studies that focused on single food groups such as vegetables, beans, nuts, or specific cruciferous vegetables that did
not reflect a major part of the diet; (2) studies that used a priori indices such as healthy eating index, alternate Mediterranean diet score, and dietary approaches to stop hypertension; and
(3) studies which did not provide outcomes of interests in the hazard ratio (HR)
Research Purpose:
This meta-analysis aimed to consolidate updated evidence and provide a more robust estimate of the overall effect of adherence to a plant-based diet on cardiovascular mortality, CVD, and stroke outcomes in hazard ratio.
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Source(s) of Funding:
Not reported
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